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Netflix continued its growth spurt, posting strong subscriber growth today in the face of intensifying competition in the video streaming market. The company ended its fourth quarter with 110.6 million paid subscribers globally. It added 8.3 million subscribers in total — the highest quarter gains in its history and…

Nielsen announced in October that it will measure Netflix viewership, and today the company is out with some numbers for the streamer’s high-profile Will Smith movie Bright.
The ratings giant noted that because Bright is a full-length movie, its data is different from other SVOD ratings releases including for the…

For a while, there seemed to be a trend for major studio feature mashups like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Pride & Prejudice And Zombies, and Cowboys Vs. Aliens. None of them were any good, and more importantly, as Hollywood is concerned, all were box office flops. So why would Netflix go for a reported $90…

Netflix’s upcoming urban fantasy pic Brightreleased a new one sheet that gives us a closer look at the film’s two action stars Will Smith and Joel Edgerton.
The poster comes out shortly after the newest trailer for the David Ayer-directed movie. Giving a twist on the cop genre, the poster serves up some odd couple…

Netflix has released the second trailer for Bright, its big-money sci-fi action movie directed by David Ayer from Max Landis' script and starring Will Smith, Joel Edgerton and Noomi Rapace.
It follows the story of two LAPD police officers played by Smith (Officer Ward) and Edgerton (Officer Jakoby) who form a most…

“It’s L.A. right now,” says Noomi Rapace in this new featurette for the upcoming Netflix film Bright, then she drops the kicker: “It just happens to be dwarves and elves.”
Bright, directed by David Ayer (Suicide Squad) and arriving in December, stars Will Smith, Joel Edgerton and Rapace in an action-thriller about two…

Aiming for a level of output not seen since the two-reeler silent movie days, Netflix plans to put out a new original movie on average every four and a half days in 2018, for an eye-popping total of 80 releases, content chief Ted Sarandos said after today’s release of third-quarter earnings.
That level compares with…

After extolling the virtues of Netflix during his stint as a Cannes Film Festival jury member, Will Smith continued to stand behind the streaming service during its Comic-Con panel for Brightthis afternoon. “It’s interesting to be at the forefront of a new way to consume entertainment. I’m extremely excited to see…

Netflix is taking a crack at Hall H at Comic-Con and just released the official trailer for Bright, its big-money sci-fi action movie directed by David Ayer from Max Landis’ script and starring Will Smith, Joel Edgerton and Noomi Rapace.
The R-rated pic that Netflix landed in a whopping deal with Landis is set in a…

Netflix sees its investment in feature-length movies as “a good investment” — even if they don’t run in theaters — partly because “we can bring films to our members when they want them, which is when the world is talking about them,” chief content officer Ted Sarandos said today following the company’s quarterly…